Machine for feeding and cutting wire



P. WRIGHT. MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND CULITING WIRE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-.12. 1921.

Patented Nov. 14, 1922.:

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MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND CUTTING WIRE.

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l MACHINE FOR FEE-DING AND CUTTING WIRE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, 1921.

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Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

UNITED srarrs PARVIN WRIGHT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND CUTTING WIRE.

Application filed September 12, 1921. Serial No. 500,130.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PARVIN WRIGHT, a citizen of the-United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Feeding and Cutting Wires; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such 'as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

ThisA invention relates to a machine for guiding a plurality of wires from a plurality of coils, to a feeding means, and then cutting them off in predetermined lengths, and has for its object toprovide a mechanism of this character which will be simple, in construction, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and more efficient. in than those heretofore proposed. 1

With these and other objects in view, the

invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views: l

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a machine made iny accordance with this invention;

Figure 2 is a .view similar to Figure 1, but showing the parts fromv the side opposite to that appearing in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the parts shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view of the machine taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, looking in the direction@ of the arrows;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view .of a portion of the parts shown in Figure 1,

taken on the line 5e-5 of Figure 4, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail sectional view ofa portion of the wire straightening mechanism;

Figure 7 is a sectional view of the clutch Amechanism for intermittently cutting off the power from the machine; Y

Figure 8 is an enlarged sectional detail view, illustrating the wiredeforming and cutting dies;

Figure 9 is a transverse sectional eleva.- tiona-l view of the clutch mechanism shown practice line 9 9 of said figure; land Figure 10 is a side elevational View of the parts shown in Figure 9.

1 indicates any suitable base, 2 and 3 sidel members of the frame rising' from the.

base, 4 a table like member connecting the sides 2 and 3, and 5 a top strip like member constituting a. portion of the frame, all as will be clear from Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5.,

Mounted on the base 1'is the motor 6 provided, With'the power shaft 7 turning the power pulley 8, around which passes the belt 9 leading over the whee1`10 mounted on the shaft 11, which carries the driving gear 12, all as will be clear from the drawings. f

The driving gear'12, see Figure 2, meshes with the gear 13 mounted on the stud shaft 14 meshing with the gear 15 mounted on the shaft 16, carrying the sprocket 17 around which passes the chain 18 driving the sprocket 1'9 mounted on the shaft 20,;a1l as is best shown inv Figures 2 and 4. F

Also mounted on the shaft 16, see Figures 1 and 2, is the sprocket 21, around which passes the drivingchain 22, which latter passes around the sprocket 23 mounted on the shaft 24 carrying the spiral gear 25 meshing with the companion gear 26 rigid with the hollow barrel of the wire straightening member 27 through whichpasses the wire 28, as best illustrated in Figures 1 and 5.

The wire straightening barrel 27 has at one end a reduced portion 29 working in theball bearings 30 mounted in the standard 31 supported from the table member 4 and at its.

other end it has a similar reduced portion 32, see Figure 6, working in the. ball bearlngs 33 supported in the standard 34 also mounted on the table member 4, see Fig. 2.

It thus results that power being imparted in Figure 7, taken approximately on the by the motor 6 to the driving shaft 7, it is transmitted by the pulley 8, belt 9, and driving shaft 11, to the gears 12, 13' and 15 and the shaft 16, which transmits mot-ion to thev sprocket 21, Fig. 1, and to the chain 22 which turns the sprocket 23, shaft 24,- gear 25, gear 26 and wire guiding and straightening member 27.

It will be understood that this machine is capa-ble of handling a plurality of wires, that its essential parts are duplicated, and that therefore, description of one will serve for allf A wire 28 having been 'passedthrough the guiding and straightening member 27, it is next passed between the grooved feed rolls,

' new to be described.V That is to say, mounted on the shaft 16, see Figs. 4l and 5, are'the grooved feed rolls or members 35, 36,37 and 38, which -are rigid with the d 39, through which said shaft 16 passes. Also i rigid with the said grooved members are the drivinggears Ll0, Ll1, d2, and d3, respectively meshing with the gears tl, 4&5, 46'and 4:7 mounted respectively on the short shafts d8, 49, 50 and 51. Also rigid with said last named gears and respectively mounted on said vlast named shafts are the grooved feed rolls. or-members 52, 53, 5d and 55, which respectively co-act with the grooved feed rolls 35, 36, 37 Y and-38. lhehgears ll, Ll5, t6 and 47 together with y their corresponding grooved members 52.,` 53,` 5d and 55, are suported vrespectively bythe lll-shaped memhere 58, 59, 60, and 61gl providedrespectively with the stems 62, "63, 6d and 65, each surad and 53, as will be clear from Figs.' Il and 5 Vrounded by a coil spring 66, as shown Accordingly, when a wire such as 28 has been passedthroughy the guiding andl straightening. member 27, it is also passed between the pair of grooved rolls such as. 36

and as said grooved members are driven from the shaft 16 through the gears l1 and 45, the said wire is pulled forcibly through its corresponding guide member 27,.while the latter is revolving, and as its course through said member 27 is madev tortuous by means of the adjustable ,members 7 0, said wiregenerates considerable friction andbecomes perfectly straight after leaving said pair Yof grooved rolls 36 and 53, in the manner well known.

.support'34, as will be clear from the drawings. Likewise, there is a plurality of wire A guiding and straightening tubes 27, one for each wire 28, and each tube member 27 is rotated by spiral gears 25 and 26, all asI is shown in lFig. 2. Each wire 28 after passing through its corresponding guide member 27, passes between its corresponding pair of grooved feed rollsv such as 53 and 36, see Figs. d and, 5. Y I

llt thus results that should any wire such as 28 as it passes over its 71 from its reel, not shown, become entangled or kinked in any way, so that it would oder 1 an abnormal friction oir-resistance. the corresponding lever 76 Vsupporting said prilley guide pulley such as inaaaee would lift, thus carr ing its corresponding pin 80 upward in its corresponding slot 81; and this lifting action being'around its pivot 83, as a center, the pivotal point 89 of the co esponding connecting member or link 90 `wi l be lifted, as will be clear from Figs). 1 and 2;" l'lhe lifting ofthe link 90 through an excess of friction or the hinkin'g of the wire,

28 will exert a push on a' pivot such as 91 with which the upright members 92 are provided, which will cause'the upper ends of said members 92-to be thrown over toward the left, as seen in llig..1,around their toes such as 93 as a fulcrum, which toes rest upon the plate lilre member 5.

To each of the members 92Y arepivoted as at 95 the above mentioned stems 62, 63, 6l and 65, so thatwhenever a member 92 is thus tippedv through the hinking .of its `corresponding wire 28, its corresponding stem such as 63 willbe lifted against the compression of its corresponding spring 66,

which willvlift its corresponding U-shaped' i member `such as 59 thereby-raising the upper grooved feeding roll such Vas 53, Yfrom its corresponding grooved lower roll 36, re-f. leasing the friction between the said feed i members so that the Vcorresponding kinked wirewill ceaseto be fed between said roll members, without stopping the feeding of the other'wires through the other feed rolls.

'llt should be stated that each of the upper.

v feed roll members such as tft carried by a 'Y lil-shaped member such as 58, vis held by a U-shaped member 100, pivoted as at 101 to the frame of the machine, see lFig. 2, so that when the above mentionedllifting action .takes place the parts are guided by said member 100, to the end that when the spring 66 returns the parts, this said member 100 insures the corrective-engagement, of `Vthedrivin'g gears such asd() and be clear from Figures 2 'and d. Y

llt will be seen that the lowerfeed drum "39 is continuous and has mounted thereon the grooved feed members 35 to 38 inclusive, and the gear members d0 to d3 inclusive, f while each of vthe corresponding upper feedv rolls is part" of` an integral unit, capable of being independently lifted from the eid, all as will iloy lower rolls in the manner just described. A

' Mounted on the shaft 11'is a continuous roll 102` provided with the cutting and de-` forming dies 103. Above this roll 102 is a corresponding:continuous roll 105 mounted on the shaft 104, which carries the com- V.plemental butting and deforming dies 106. At each end of the roll 105 is a gear 107,

, see Figs-3 and 7, which gears engage` companion gears 108 on the lower roll 102,. only one of which is shown in -lfig."'7, i"so that when said roll 102 is turned by' the shaft 11, the'roll 1.05 is also turned. i 4

lhe shaft 11 and wheel 10 have rigidly attachedthereto a clutch member 110, Figs.

3 and 7. which is. as will beI presently described. intermittently engaged with the clutch member 111. and when'so engaged a sleeve like member-'112 which is rigid with.

the lower roll 102- is turned. On the other hand. when said clutch member 111 is disengaged from the clutch member 110. power is cut off from the lower roll 102, and therefore said lower roll and the upper roll 105 cease to revolve. The shaft 11. however. being rigidly attached to the wheel 10. turns atall times witlrsaiiwheel. and thus transmits power continuously to the `feed rolls.

It results from this construction that as the wire is forcibly pulled around a guide pulley 73 and through a guide tub-e 27 byV a pair of feed' rolls. it is forced to pass between the rolls'102 and 105 and to be intermittently subjected tothe cut-ting and deforming dies '1.03 and 106, all as will n'ow be more fullydisclosed.l

That is to say. referring Amore especially` to Fig. 8, a wire 28.` after having been pulled through the straightening mechanism 27. is first subjected to the compressingY l l I As best shown `in Fig 2. the' gear 12 meshes action of the members 116 of the cutting and deforming dies 103 and 106. whereupon a `depression 117 is formed in said wire. As the rolls 102 and 105 continue to revolve, the cutting points 115 of said dies come into play and sever the wire. as indicated.

YAs the rolls 102 and 105 continue to re.-

volve. the compressing or deforming members 118 which are in all respect duplicates of the members 116, come. into play. and

form a depression 119 in the wire which in all respects is a duplicate of -the depression 117. In lother words. the two ends of the wire thus severed are each provided with a depression such as 117 and 119 for a purpose which forms no part of this invention. butwhich renders said wires especially adapted-for use with a certaintype of box banding machines not necessary to describe.

After the wirev 28 `has been thus severed, it passes on between a second set of feed rolls which in all respects' are duplicates of the feed rolls just described and which will therefore now be only briefly referred to..

124 corresponding to the gears 44 to 47. and.v

the U-shaped members 125 corresponding tothe U-shaped members l58 to 61. all as will be clear from Figures 3. 4 'and 5.

The said U-shaped members 125. see Figure 5, are` each providedwith astem 126 1.2.3 and 4.

corresponding to the stems 62 to 65 and with springs 127 like the springs 66. To each stem 126 is secured as at 128 a. lever 129 which is a duplicate of the levers 92, and these said levers 129 are provided with fulcrums 130 resting on the plate 131. as in the case of lthe said levers 92.

One end of a link 133 is pivoted' as at- 132 to the upper end of each of the levers 129, and the other vends of said links are pivoted as at 91 to the upper ends of the levers 92. all as will be clear from Figs.

It thus results that whenever a guide pulley such as 74. Fig. 2. lifts due to a kink in thel wire, the tilting of the lever 92'in the' manner above described will-also through the link 133 tilt the lever 129 around its fulcrum 130 as a center and thus will the stem 126 and corresponding upper feed roll be lifted, to the end that the movement of the wirewill'be stopped.

This second set -of feed rolls mounted on the shafts 120` and 122, are rotated from the powersha-ftV 1,1 and gear 9 as follows:

with the gear 144 mounted onthe shaft 145 'and said gear 144 meshes with the gear 146 the corresponding feed rolls located above l it in precisely the same mannerv asv does the drum 39 impartits motion to the corresponding feed rolls above it, all as has .been stated above.

Going back to Fig. 2, and shaft 20, which is turned by the sproc`ket. 19 land belt 18, said shaft Icarries af gear'150, see Figsv 4 and '5, which meshes with a gear 151 carried .by the member 152 on the Ashort shaft 153.

160.` The said pointer 159 -may be provided with 'a spring controlled pin or pl'unger 17 5. adapted to engage any one of the series of holes176 adjacentI the scale 160,- and to hold the parts in any selected position.

Thel parts are so proportioned that when the shaft 157 is rotated the gear 151 will revolv'e around t-he gear 150 while keeping- 1in mesh with the same. It thus-results that said gear'151may be revolved out ofcontact with any one ofthe gears such as. 1'61 l in the cone shaped nest of gears 162, slid parallel tothe shaft 163 onwhich said nest of gears 'is mounted and along the shaft 20 `whereupon itl may be revolved lback into mesh with any other gea-r of said nest. such as gear 164. for example. i

The shaft. 20 being supplied with' power continuously by the connections above de- 158, and pointer 159, traversing the scale- 95 being thus turned, it imparts its motion to 166 adapted at each revolution to strike the slidable bar 167, provided' with the ybeveled end 168, and the return spring 169.` Said beveled end or stop 168 when the bar is in its noal or retracted position, lies in the path of the rotating beveled end 170 ot the 4spring controlled clutch member 111, see

Figures 7, 9, and 10, and when said clutch member and stop 168 come in Contact the clutch member 111 is withdrawn from the clutch member-110 causing the cutting rolls 102 and 105150 cease their rotations until the toe 166 strikes the end 175 ot the bar 167 vand bodily moves its stop out of the Way oi the end 170 of the said clutch member 111, which then engages the clutch member 110 under the influence ot its spring.,

The operation ot this machine will be readily understood from the foregoing, but it may be brielly summarized as follows:

A. plurality oi wires l28 being brought from reels, not shown, and trained over their respective pulleys such as those numbered trom 71 to -7-1, said Wires are passed I rolls, and thus will the eedingaction ot that4 particular bent wire be stopped. ln the,

I feeding lthe other wires, sok that valuable' through the guiding Aand straightening barrels 27 and led between their respective pairs ont feed rolls such as 35 and 52, 36 and 5?), 37 and 51, 38 and 55, etc., whereupon power being appliedin the mannerabove described, said rolls will forcibly dravv said vvires over their guide pulleys and through theirguide tubes. Should any Wire become hinlred, entangled, or bent, its resistance over the guide pulleys will be abnormal,

and through the action ot the levers mi! bered from 7 6v to 79, and their zo-acting parts, the upper one of the'particularA pair oli iieed rolls which is feeding the bent will be lifted Afrom its companion lower meantimehovvever, the machine vvill go on e is saved. y

The passa ot the Wires through the tubes r 27- being accompanied by a considerable vinnount ot friction, the teed rolls'have to excrt a considerable pull on the Wires, which, of course, has, not only the ell'ect ot straighte said wires but also ot rendering them more nigid, and thus enabling the leed rolls to forcibly push 4the Wires onward between the deforming and cutting rolls 102 and 105, which are provided with the detormingand cutting dies 103 and 106." These said detorrning and cutting rolls 'are driven Vtrom the motor 6 as are the iced rolls, but

i ,eaaaee tor a predetermined period ot time the rotalength ot the cut Wire, may be readily carriedvw at vvillby means ot the change speed gears 150, 151, and165, as above disclosed. This cutting oil ot the povverfrom the deter-ming rolls takes place when the detorming dies 103 and 106-are out of mesh as is illustrated in 1F ig. 5, thus leaving a sumcient Space between, said rolls 102 and 1054 to permit the feed rolls to forcibly push the Wires between said detoing rolls. Ars the wires are thus pushed to andthrou'gh said deformingrolls, they pass through'the guide tubes 200fand 201, see Fig. 5, and reach the second set oi feed rolls mounted on the shafts 120 and 122, all as abovedescribed. This saidrr second set of feed rolls acts in conjunction with the irst set ont leed rolls above mentioned to continuously pull the VWire through the machine and to deliver it to a receiving and counting machine, not disclosed.

will' be determined'solely by the periods of,

rest that are given to the cutting dies 103 and 106, This said period et rest `is determined by the speed et the cone shaped nest ot gears 162 illustrated inlig. 1, which rotate the shaft 163, which latter rotates the 'disk like member 165, which actuates the clutch illustrated in Figs. 7, 9, and 10 to disengage the 102 'and 105.

That is to say, bymanipulating the shaft 157 in the manner above disclosed, and thus bringing the gear 151, see lig.A 5, into engagement with gea-rsv of Adild'erent,.diameters in the cone shaped nest ot gears 162, the speed of the shaft 163 is increased or diminished at will, Wherenpon .the time it takesv tor the disk V165 to makea complete revolupower `from said .cutting rolls tion and to actuate 'the clutch controlling member'167 is varied, and thus is varied thel interval of timev dur which' the cutting rolls 102 and 105 vare at rest. @i course,v the length ot the vcut vvires isV correspondingly varied.

I lt will thus be seen that T have provided a machine which especially adapted to straighten simultaneously a plurality oit wires taken vtrom a plurality of reels, to cut them into predeteed 'lengths which may be variedat will, and to provide each end ot the cut wires with depressions such as 117, in

order that they may fit a special typel of box handling machine.

It is obvious that those skilledin the art may vary the details of constrctiomaswell as the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention, and

v therefore I do not wish to be limited to the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims. l

lVhat -I claim is:

I. In' a machine for feeding and cutting wire, the combination of a pair of wire cutting rolls; a pair of feed rolls adapted to exl between said cutting rolls; a guiding means exerting friction on the wirefor guiding said wire to said feed rolls; mea-ns forlifting one of said feed rolls to disengage the w1re when said pull becomes abnormal;

means to rotate all of said rolls; and means lto intermittently connect and disconnect said A'cutting rolls from said rota-ting means,- substantially as described.

3. In a machine for feeding and cutting.'

wire, the combination of a pair of wire cutting lrolls; a pair of feed rolls adapted to 'exert a pull on the lwire and to push said wire between said cutting rolls; a friction generating guiding means for leading thev wire tol said feed rolls; means operated by the traveling wire for lifting-one of said feed rollsto disengage the wire when said pull becomes abnormal; means to rotate all of said rolls; and means to intermittently connect and disconnect said cutting rolls from said rotating means, substantially as described. 4. In a machine for forcibly feedingand cutting wire, the combination of a pair ofv wire cutting rolls; a friction generating wire guiding means; a pair of feed rolls ada-ptled to pull the wire'through said guiding means and to `push said wire between said cutting rolls; a second pair of feed rolls between which the wire passes after leaving the cutting rolls; driving means for rotating all ofsaid rolls; means for intermittently connecting and disconnecting said cutting rolls from said driving means; and automatic means for lifting a feed roll of each pair when the said pull on the wire becomes abnormal, substantially as described.

5. In a machinefor forcibly feeding and connect anddisconnect said cutting rolls -on the wire; a wire guiding means-todirect the wire to said feed`rolls; means to rotate cutting wire, the-combination 'of a pair of wire cutting rolls; a friction generating wire guiding means comprising a wire straightening tube and a 'guide pulley; apair of feed rolls adaptedto pull the wire through said guiding means and to push said wire between said cutting rolls; la second' pair of feed rolls between 'which the wire passes after leaving thecutting rolls; `driving means for rotating all of said rolls; means comprising a clutch forintermittently connecting and disconnecting said cutting rolls from said driving means; and automatic means for lifting a feed roll of each pair when the said pull on the wire becomes abnormal, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for feeding and cutting wire, the combination of a pair of wire cutting rolls; a pair of feed rolls adapted to exert a pull onj the wire and to push said wire between said cutting rolls; means comprising a guide pulley-and lever connections for lifting one of saidfeed rolls to disengagethe wire. when said pull becomes abnormal; means to rotate all of said rolls; and means comprising a clutch to intermittently connect and disconnect s aid cutting rolls from said rotating means,.substantially as described.

7. In a machine for feeding and cutting wire, the combination of a pair of lwire cutting rolls; a pair of feed rolls adapted to exert a pull on the wire and to push said wire between said cutting rolls; means comprising aguide ulle'y, a lever, and a spring controlled mem er for lifting one of said feed rolls to disengage the wirewhen said pull becomes abnormal; means to rotate all of said rolls; and means to intermittently from said rotating means, substantially las described.

8'. In-a machine 'for feeding and cutting wire, the combination of wire cutting rolls; wire feeding rolls, adapted toexert a pull on 'the wire; means to vdrive all of said rolls; means 4to intermittently engage and disengage the wire-cutting rolls from said driving means at regu-lar intervals; and means to vary said intervals to change lthe length rof the cut wires, substantially -as described.

9; In a machine for feeding nand cutting wire', the combination of wire cutting rolls; wire feeding rolls adapted to exert a pull said guiding means while the -wire is travelin therethrough ;"m'eans to drive all of said ro ls; means to intermittentlyengage and disengage the wire cutting rolls from said driving means at regular intervals; Aand means to vary said intervals to change the length of the cut wires", substantially as described.

1Q. In a machine for feeding and cutting 180 se v' los vvire, the combination ot' Wire cutting rolls; vvirejileeding rolls adapted to exert a pull on the Wire; a vvire'guiding friction-generating tube to direct the wire to said deed rolls; gearing adapted to rotate said tube While the 'Wire is pmsing therethrough; means tor ting rolls carrying a plurality ot pairs oi:

said cutting cutting dies adapted to sultaneously cut a plurality ofvvires; a plurality ot pairs ot feed rolls adapted to iced said vv'ires to said cutting dies; a. plurality oit pairs ot feed rolls adapted to iced said Wires trom dies; driving means to rotate all ol:a said rolls; means to connect and disconnectsaid cutting rolls and dies to and from said driving means fat predetermined intervals; and means to varyl the length .oit said intervals', substantially as describedw' 12in a machine for feeding and cutting vvire9 the combination ot a pair ot wire cut ti rolls carg a plurality oi pairs ont cutting dies adapted to simultaneously cut a plurality ot wires; a plurality ot pairs oli iced rolls adapted to iced said vvires to said cutti dies; .a plurality ot pairs ot :leed

rolls adapted to leed said Wines from' said cutting dies; driving means to rotate all oit `said rolls; means to connect and disconnect .said cutting rolls and dies to and from said drivingjmeans at predetermined intervals; means to vary the length ot said intervals; and means to automatically disengageone of said leedV rolls in any pair from itscompanion rolls, when the particular vvire being fed oders an abnormall resistance; substantially as described. I

lin a machine lor leedingand cutting Wire, the combination oit a pair ot vvire cutting rolls carrying a plurality ot pairs ot cutting dies adapted tti-simultaneously cut a plurality ot vvires; a plurality oiipairs oi feed rolls adapted to iced said vvires to said cutting dies; a plurality ot pairs ot iced rolls adapted to leed said wires trom said cutting dies; driving means to rotate all of said rolls; means to connect and disconnect Ysaid cutting rolls and dies to and from said riving means at predetermined intervals; means to vary the length oie said intervals; and a vvire guiding pulley Vand lever con= /nection for each pair oli iced rolls'adapted to disengage the rolls of its corresponding pair?- vvhen the -vvire ouders an abnormal resistance; substantially as described Y Y lli. lin a machine tor 'feeding andc'utting vvire, the combination oil a pair oil vvire cutlactate l l c* ting rolls carrying a plurality Aoiflpairs ,oi vvire cutting and detormiiigdies, adapted to simultaneously cut and detorm a plurality oi'l vviresga plurality ot pairs ot feed rolls each adapted to leed a diiderent vvire to said dies; a plurality ot-riction generating guide tubes each adapted to guide al vvire to a pair oli leed rolls; means for rotating each guide tube While its'cvvire is passing therethrough; a plurality oi guide pulleys, one for each guide tube and pair ot teed rolls tor leading the vvires to their respective guide tubes; a pivoted ,lever supporting each pulley; and Iconnections between each lever and its cur-= iesponding pairiot teed'rolls lor disengaging I one'ofthe rollsoi its pair when an abnormal torce is required to pass the vvire around its Btl corresponding pulley; substantially as deu scribed.

l5.t ln a-machine for feeding and cutting vvire in predetermined lengths, the combina tion oit a pair ol vvire ieeding rolls; a pair ot vvire deiiorg and Vcutting rolls; means i tor driving said cutting rolls in unison with said vvire feeding rolls; r.: a1 tor discon- Vnecting said cutting rolls at predeteed intervals-in their rotation'trom said'driving' means; and means torchangin the perio ct time at which said cutting ro s are disengaged trom the powertoivary the length at the 'cut Wire, substantially as described lli., ln a machine tor feeding and cutting Wire in predeterminedlengths, the combina tion oLlE a pair ot wire leeg rolls; a pair ot vvire detog and cuttm rolls; means tor driving said cutting rolls m unison with said wire uw rolls; means for disconnectin said cuttg rolls f at predetermined interva s in their rotation'iirom said driving means; and means'coinprising a shiftable gear and a cone shaped nest ot driving gears co-acting therewith tor changing the speed .at which said cutting rolls are driven to vary Y- the length ofthe cut Wire, substantially as described,

i7., ln a maehineior leeg and cutting Y vvire in'predeterminedlengths, thecombination oil a pair oit vtire Vfeeding rolls; a'pair et' vvire detorg and cuttingrolls; means tor driving said cutting ymils in unison with said vvire teedingrollsj; 'means tor disconnecting said cuttinggpolls at predetermined intervals iro intheir rotation from said driving means; and means -(':cnp'rising a longitudinally slidable Yand rotatable shaft adapted to control a vdrivinggear9 vanda cone shaped nest.- ot' driving gears vvitli which said lhrst named driving gear1 is adapted to engage tor chang@ ing the speed at vvhichsaidcutting relisant;y -Ldriven to varythe 'lengt'.lr oil the cut nire;`

substantially as described., v .Y

i8. ln a machine -torteeding and cutting Vwires in predetermined lengths .the oombinai tion oli a plurality oi'pairs'ot Wire tee l rolls; means to automatically discontinue th ist.

feeding action of any pair of said rolls when the correspondin wire ot'ers an abnormal resistance to the eeding action; cutting and deforming rolls adapted to simultaneously deform and cut into predetermined lengths a pluralit of wires fed thereto from said feeding ro ls; means for rotating all' of said rolls; means for automatically stopping and starting the rotation of said cutting and deorining rolls 'at a redetermined point in each rotation tliereoi; and means for varying the time between the starting and kstopping operations, substantially as described.

19. ln a machine for feeding and cutting Wires in `predetermined length? the combination of a plurality ofpairs of Wire feeding rolls; means to automatically discontinue the feeding'action of any pair of said rolls when the corresponding wire oiers an abnormal resistance to the tfeeding action; cutting and deforming rolls adapted to simultaneously deform and cut into predetermined lengths a plurality of'wires ed there.-l t` from said feeding rolls; means for rotating all of said rolls; means for automatically stoppng and starting the rotation of said cutting and deforming rolls at a predetermined point in each rotation thereof and means comprising a change speed mechanism, clutch and a. clutehactuating device, forvarying the time between lthe starting and stopping operations, substantially as described. v A

In testimony whereof I aiiX my signature..

PARVIN WRIGHT. 

